State National Guard chiefs call for more troops, more benefits for federal missions January 29 Spc. Elayna Luckey prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 5, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Initial doses of the two-part COVID-19 vaccines currently being administered to National Guard soldiers preparing for deployment at Camp Mabry. (Andrew Smith/Texas Military Department) The heads of the Washington state, California and Michigan Guard spoke out about that strain during a media call on Friday, making a plea for not only more troops, but for the federal benefits promised to them when they signed up. “You know, it hasn’t just been a long year,” Army Maj. Gen. Bret Daugherty, Washington state’s adjutant general, told reporters. “It’s been a long 20 years. And I just want to focus on that. We’re all consumed with our domestic operations right now, but it is simultaneous with our overseas deployments, which have not let up one iota.”
Michigan National Guard to support D.C. mission
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and last updated 2021-01-29 09:54:42-05
LANSING, Mich. â The Michigan National Guard has been asked by federal authorities to provide additional support to help continue security efforts at the U.S. Capitol, a news release said Friday.
Close to half of the 1,000-soldier force deployed to D.C. for the new assignment Thursday.
The remaining Guard members will join them this weekend.
Guard members had returned to Michigan on Jan. 24 from a weeklong mobilization to support the 59
th Presidential Inauguration.
âIt is an honor to be asked to provide this support to our federal partners,â said U.S. Army Major General Paul Rogers, adjutant general and director of Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. âWe have identified the resources needed to fulfill this request, and I know that our Michigan Guard members were requested to serve in this capacity because of their outstanding reputation of serv
Michigan National Guard redeployed to Washington, D.C. after terror threat warning
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
Posted Jan 29, 2021
National Guard troops continue to be deployed around the Capitol one day after the inauguration of President Joe Biden, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington.AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell
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The Michigan National Guard is sending 1,000 troops to Washington, D.C. to bolster security efforts at the U.S. Capitol after a terror alert warned the Jan. 6 riots could embolden additional threats.
An estimated 7,000 soldiers and airmen from across the country are being deployed to support a “new security mission” in the nation’s capital, according to a Friday press release. Two days earlier, the Department of Homeland Security issued a national terrorism bulletin indicating anti-government extremists motivated by President Joe Biden’s inauguration and “false narratives” could mobilize to incite violence.